Dengue Fever

Dear Sister Barton,
I enjoyed seeing your daughter last week for Mission Leadership Council. I will see her again on Monday when we fly to Palawan for interviews. She is still doing a wonderful job!
Unfortunately she has contracted dengue fever. She is the first missionary to get dengue during this season. Right now she is one miserable little girl!
Fortunately we have a very loving senior couple serving very close to her. They are taking her for her daily blood draws and taking care of her. Sister Holzworth and her apartment mates and all of the other missionaries are also there to help her.
We have had quite a bit of experience with dengue. She is currently experiencing up and down fevers, body aches, nausea and vomiting. The symptoms are very similar to having the flu but she will also probably get red rashes on her body for a week or two. The reason we do daily blood draws is to monitor her platelet count. The platelets always drop during the first week or two of the sickness and then start to climb back up to normal levels. We want to watch to make sure that they do not drop too low. If she gets very dehydrated we will probably put her in the hospital temporarily to get re-hydrated. We have had to do this with several missionaries. All of our missionaries have recovered completely and have served the rest of their missions very well. They just have to go through the misery of the first week or two.
We will give her lots of love when we see her on Monday. She is very precious to us.
Please let me know if there is anything you think would cheer her up. 
With love,
President Creg D. Ostler
Philippines Manila Mission